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Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Pitching Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	88	68	.564	3.79	322	188	74	71	12	19	1484.0	1372	702	625	149	663	55	829	31	6	44	6372	2135	105	4.19	1.371	8.3	0.9	4.0	5.0
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	0	1	.000	4.35	33	2	15	1	0	0	62.0	62	32	30	2	45	3	33	1	0	0	276	110	91	4.33	1.726	9.0	0.3	6.5	4.8

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	1	2	.333	6.35	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	12	12	1	9	0	14	1	0	0	77	26			1.471	8.5	0.5	4.8	7.4

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Value

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	WAR	WAA
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	16.5	1.7
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	33	2	62.0	0.7	0.1

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals Against

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	2135	5614	948	222	53	50	46	52.08	4	106	77	2	.244	.327	.382	.710	95	.138	.264	706	2147	424	2066	2135
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	33	2	62.0	110	230	43	16	1	15	5	75.00	1	5	3	0	.270	.391	.374	.765	116	.104	.308	34	86	19	108	110

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals Against Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	SB%	PO	GIDP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	ISO	BAbip	RC	TB	XBH	TOB	TOBwe
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	26	67											.239	.338					.289				26	26

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Starting & Relieving

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	93	49	52.1	95	38	40	8	70.4	74	134
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	1	50	57.0	40	13	33	0		15	31

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Starting & Relieving Table
					Starting Pitching			Relief Pitching
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	QS	QS%	GmScA	IR	IS	IS%	BSv	SV%	GF	GR
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949									0	2

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Ratios

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0	13.0	10.4	2.6
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	33	2	62.0	12.0	16.3	-4.3

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Ratios Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	K%	BB%	K-BB%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0	18.2	11.7	6.5

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Pitch Summary

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	188	1484.0		101
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	33	2	62.0

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Pitch Summary Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	GS	IP	Pit	Pit/GS	Str	Str%
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	2	17.0

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Head-to-Head Pitching

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals Table
Rk	Player	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
1	Walker Cress	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0
2	Ralph Branca	1	0	1.000	3.86	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	8	4	3	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	32	1.571	10.3	0.0	3.9	7.7

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	UER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	BR	AB	1B	2B	3B	SB	CS	PO	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	XBH	GmSc	Pit	Str	WPA	RE24	IR	IS	aLI	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)
1	Ralph Branca	BRO	1948-07-17 (1)	GS-7, W	7.0	8	4	3	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	1	32	12	28	7	1	0	0	0	0	9	1	1	0	1	50	98	62	-0.2	-0.60			1.55
2	Walker Cress	CIN	1948-07-17 (1)	6-6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	4	0.0	0.49	0	0	0.65

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batter vs. Pitcher

Walker Cress (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals

Walker Cress (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Year-by-Year Totals Table
Rk	Year	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SH	SF	IBB	HBP	GIDP
1	1948	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0

Walker Cress (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances

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Walker Cress (Pitcher) vs. Ralph Branca (Batter): Plate Appearances Table
Cr#	Year	Date	B Tm	P Tm		Inn	RoB	Out	Pit(cnt)	Play Description
1	1948	1948-07-17 (1)	BRO	CIN	ahead 1-3	t6	1--	2	1 (0-0)	Flyball: SS

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Comparison

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	464	35	66	6	1	2	31	0	2	36	160	.142	.204	.172	.376	2	80	12	0	37	0	0
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	34	10	8	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.556	.500	1.056	191	4	0	0	1		0

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0		0

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Value

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Value Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WAR	WAA	oWAR	dWAR	Rbat	Rdp	Rbaser	Rfield
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-1.7	-1.7	-1.7	0.0	-70	-1	-2	0
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	34	10	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	1	0	0	0

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Sabermetric

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	9	102	106	449	17	.212	64	-69	-6.9	.030	2.9	0.00	2
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	34	10	0	5	5	5	2	.500	1	1	0.1	.000			0

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Sabermetric Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	XBH	TOB	TOBwe	Outs	RC	BAbip	RP	BtRuns	BtWins	ISO	AB/SO	SB%	SBatt
1	Ralph Branca	21-23	1947	1949	4	7	0	0	0	7		.000	0			.000	1.8		0

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Win Probability

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Batting Win Probability Table
Rk	Player	Age	From	To	G	PA	WPA	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	RE24/boLI	aLI
1	Ralph Branca	18-30	1944	1956	322	538	-5.9	-6.4	-0.2	-68.05		-72.74	0.89
2	Walker Cress	31-32	1948	1949	34	10	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.11		0.99	0.77

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Head-to-Head Batting

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Walker Cress	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0
2	Ralph Branca	1	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0		0

Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Game Logs

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Ralph Branca vs. Walker Cress: Game Logs Table
Rk	Player	Team	Date	GS	InnPl	BOP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	DFS(DK)	DFS(FD)	Pos
1	Ralph Branca	BRO	1948-07-17 (1)	*	8	9	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0		0	0.62	0.050	1.13	0.06%	0.31			P
2	Walker Cress	CIN	1948-07-17 (1)		1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0										P

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